Pictured, from left, are Council President Todd Slabaugh and Council Member Kevin Smith II.

ETNA GREEN — Business at the Etna Green Town Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 12, focused on utility adjustments for town residents.

Elizabeth Damron and her mother, Ronnie Horn, were present at the meeting in regards to a sewer line break underneath a residence.

Damron presented her wastewater bill to the town council and asked for a bill adjustment due to the line break. The break occurred at the Etna Green Mobile Home Park. Wastewater Superintendent Andy Cook told the council that all of the trailers in the park are billed separately.

“Her [Damron’s] bill has some crazy flow numbers,” said Cook.

Cook also said water that shouldn’t be entering the trailer park’s sewer system is.

After a lengthy discussion on how to address the bill, the council moved to adjust Damron’s wastewater bill to what she regularly pays on a monthly basis. The bill was adjusted by 205,600 gallons and $1,900.77.

The council also agreed to talk with the trailer park’s owners about the water issues.

Jeff Klinefelter was also present at the meeting on behalf of the Etna Green United Methodist Church. He said the church’s pastor was absent from the church’s parsonage for approximately two weeks. When he returned, the pastor was billed for 16,000 gallons when he uses 900 on average. Klinefelter said the reason for the high usage was unknown.

The council voted to table the discussion on the parsonage’s bill for the March meeting in order to determine the cause of the excess gallons.

Town Attorney Jay Rigdon also presented further information to the council regarding the liquidation of safe deposit boxes in the new town hall building. The building was the location for the former Interra Credit Union.

Rigdon said the council can choose to sell the boxes publicly through sealed bids or through an auction site. The council voted to place an advertisement in the paper for sealed bids.

The council also voted to table a discussion regarding a manhole and sanitary sewer project at the intersection of SR 19 and Spring Street.

During the meeting, the council also voted to set up a security system for the new town hall building. The system will be set up with Convergint Technologies for a fee of $2,887 for equipment and labor. It will cost the town $180 annually for the security system.

The council also voted to pay off the town’s water bond with Umbaugh by April 1.

In other business, the council:

• Voted to allow Clerk-Treasurer Patti Cook to attend the 2019 Indiana League of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Institute and Academy from March 10-14 in Muncie.
• Made a motion to be silver sponsors for Triton Field Day.

The council’s next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 12.